Time passes when you’re having fun, so while I thought only a couple of years had passed since her last checks, it turned out that an incredible three years had passed since Tonks the T5 had last had some habitation TLC. Any van which earns its keep will inevitably get a few battle scars and show some wear and tear. Although VW gas systems are usually simple I think it makes good sense to have the fittings safety tested regularly (slightly more often than every three years..!) The same applies to the electrics, since I have no skills in that area beyond the very basics.
Although Tonks’ conversion is solid and well built, there were one or two things which needed attention. This included the very irritating Velcro fitting which ‘secures’ the cover hiding the clamps on the SCA 194 roof. This van-width strip had been replaced during the previous habitation service, but once more was looking messy and migrating away from the bed base edge. Really, a roof costing thousands of pounds shouldn’t have Velcro finishings in my view. Presumably SCA now think so too as at the NEC last February I’d noticed that the newer SCAs had neat press stud fixings instead of the Velcro. When I booked the appointment, I arranged for the Velcro to be removed altogether this time and replaced with the poppers. Other ‘wear and tear’ items showing signs of distress were the edging strips along the edge of the rather neat half barrel fridge door cover, which had started to come adrift.
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The Evolution of Van
To mark 100 issues of VWBus, David takes a look back at how updating the humble ‘Box on Wheels’ has gone from concept to reality
Wild Times
Perhaps a sign of the wild times we’re in and a telling sign of how fast we’re adapting to the ‘new normal’. I decide to take a U-turn and zoom out on how things looked as that ‘new normal’ was taking hold, along with how that’s effecting our little sector
Story's Story
With The Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden under our belts and barely two weeks on the road, we were heading to the ultimate van life destination; Norway…
Karmann-Go
When you own ‘The fastest motorhome in the world’,getting to the campsite on time shouldn’t be a problem
Gran Tourettesmo
This is a very cool and interesting project, but the question is,is this the ultimate eBay build?
CBBA
If there was such a thing as Cool Bus Builders Anonymous, then each meet in Leicestershire would start with the words. “Hello, my name’s Andy Stretton and I can’t stop building seriously cool buses.”
Honey I Shrunk My Bus
When Grant Gwyn walked into a VW dealership to buy a Viper green Caddy, little did he know his future was about to be very orange...
Milk Float Influence
Nicknamed Ernie, we discover this custom-created T5 pickup won’t be doing the early morning milk round any time soon
Impossible Solved
A while back we brought you a basic sketch of a proposed project, it was both wild and eminently practical. Well it’s finished now and already in service as a daily driver for a very special lad
An Alpine Summer
In the concluding instalment we pick up Richard and Jackie Pickles’ story of their eight-country Alpine summer adventure on the shore of Lake Como in Italy
